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Ewing wrote Republican Congressman John Sherman in Washington, D.C., to implore him not to support the appointment of William Montgomery (D., Pa.) to the Committee on Public Lands. The Pennsylvania congressman was heavily invested in Atchison and could be expected to continue to support an inequitable Public Land bill.
Creator: Ewing, Thomas, 1829-1896
Date: December 16, 1859
Item Number: 905
Call Number: Thomas Ewing, Jr., Coll. No. 341, Letter Press Book No. 3
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 905
Collections - Manuscript - Ewing, Thomas, Jr.
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Congress - House of Representatives
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Land
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Places - Cities and towns - Atchison
Places - Cities and towns - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - Atchison
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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